Role of thalamic and cortical neurons in augmenting responses and self- sustained activity: Dual intracellular recordings in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 6425-6443

  Steriade, Mircea ^a   Timofeev, Igor ^a   Grenier, François ^a   Dürmüller, Niklaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Augmenting responses; Dual intracellular recordings; EPSP; Neocortex; Plasticity; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032529558     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-16-06425.1998     Document Type: Article

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